Indian opposition leader Arvind Kejriwal picked Delhi minister Atishi to replace him as chief minister of the capital territory on Tuesday, allowing him to focus on winning a fresh mandate in elections due next year after getting bail in a graft case.

Atishi, one of the opposition AAP party’s most experienced figures, has served as Delhi’s minister for education, finance, revenues and law

Delhi Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena has forwarded the resignation of CM Arvind Kejriwal and Atishi's claim to form the new government to President Droupadi Murmu. Atishi, a key AAP leader, is set to be sworn in on September 21,

The opposition leader spent almost six months locked up in relation to alleged irregularities in New Delhi's liquor policy.

AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal has tendered his resignation as the Delhi Chief Minister, two days after the announcement in thus regard. Kejriwal, along with his Cabinet colleagues, called on Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena this evening,

Kejriwal handed his resignation to Delhi's Lt. Gov. V.K. Saxena after serving the post for more than nine years. He said he would only return to the post if people voted for him in the upcoming Delhi assembly election.

Indian opposition leader Arvind Kejriwal said on Sunday he will resign as chief minister of the Delhi regional government, two days after he was released from prison on bail in a graft case. Kejriwal

Describing Arvind Kejriwal's resignation as electoral ploy, Bahujan Samaj Party supremo Mayawati on Tuesday slammed Aam Aadmi Party( AAP) for changing Delhi Chief Minister after such a long delay as people suffered due to Kejriwal's long stay in jail.

Senior AAP leader Atishi will be Delhi’s new chief minister, the party unanimously agreed on Tuesday after Arvind Kejriwal proposed her name as his successor in a meeting of the party's legislators

AAP held a series of meetings to discuss potential candidates for the chief minister's post as Kejriwal is scheduled to meet the Delhi LG at 4:30 pm today.